Hope you all can help. My 70 series dryer heats up for a few minutes then turns off and cycles through this. Reading other related posts, I replaced the gas valve coils, but the problem remains. The igniter lights the gas, it stays on for a few minutes, then turns off for a few minutes, re-ignites, runs for a few min the repeats process. It seems each ignition cycle gets shorter in terms of how long it heats.

Appreciate any thoughts you might have. thanks

Simon / APP Team

01-13-2013 04:25 PM

Hi.

What you are describing is the way the gas dryer supposed to work. The flame should be on from minute and a half to three min., then off for approx. one min.
If yours is cycling faster and staying off longer - there is a restriction in the air flow.
Check the vent, the blower and filter housing.

Simon.

soup66

01-15-2013 06:18 AM

Thanks Simon. I put the dryer back together last night and will be running some loads through it in a day or so to verify. Problem before (replacing the coils) was that the first load pretty much dried, but didn't afterwards.